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SCREEN HEAD

By nickzangus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall254.07
Humor64.31
Coolness1100
Fun263.99
Graphics584.40
Innovation913.83
Mood1263.66
Theme1923.90
Audio2363.35

Comments

fortyseven 2014-12-09 05:42

Heheheh, nice. Some clipping and camera issues, but love how it feels, otherwise. Great work!

customphase 2014-12-09 10:00

I like your interpretation of the theme. Super neat graphics, gameplay is somewhat repetative, but still ok. A little bit of music in background also would be good

lissaring 2014-12-09 10:01

This was great! Remind me never to betray a monitor.

brogrammers 2014-12-09 10:04

super fun and well polished!

maxyan 2014-12-09 10:11

Brilliant, game has a lot of fun. But aiming is difficult a bit.

stephan_h 2014-12-09 10:14

Wow. All that polished content in three days. Excellent.
Just one minor critique: I would have liked to destroy all those flatscreens. I know, they are not responsible for my own demise, the people in suits are, but nonetheless, they, too, should not remain unscathed. ;)

karlipoppins 2014-12-09 10:15

Perfect game, my favorite so far amongst all the LD entries. Polished, fun! I loved it. I was so impressed to see you did this by yourself. You sir have a lot of talent. Kudos!

y-atanasoff 2014-12-09 10:18

Great game, overall! Nice graphics and, of course - a creative use of staplers.

dieblume86 2014-12-09 10:22

Nice one, i love the idea^^.

xlash86 2014-12-09 10:30

Awesome game! Lacks some music, but other than that, a lot of fun!

pulsartronic 2014-12-09 11:31

Great entry. I'm worried I can give you more than one star on Theme because you are using a moving camera that, IMO, is not allowed fro that jam.

nickzangus 2014-12-09 12:21

@Pulsartronic I tried to use the theme in an indirect way, not as a technical limitation. The game is based indeed "on One Screen"!

eusekerci 2014-12-09 12:33

humor hype! :D

wer2chosen 2014-12-09 12:35

Awesome game. I loved the concept, loved the setting. Innovative take, loved third person. This is the first of the games in the Jam where I had to sit through a commercial, that I felt was worth the wait. My favorite weapon was stapler. I loved how adding the jump from head to head, really adds to the game. I wish the ending was a bit more, maybe at least escaping the office. The play on the theme was awesome! LOL I would have liked interacting with environment, maybe knocking stuff over to slow enemies. Great, polished game in so short a time.

toki-anholmes 2014-12-09 12:37

It's hilarious ! Well done.

jaloko 2014-12-09 12:38

A really great quality game. Love how the theme was incorporated! I had the most fun using the people who had staplers as their weapons :D

maurogik 2014-12-09 12:44

Best Game Ever ! (there is a wall at the end, did I miss something ?)

losttraindude 2014-12-09 12:46

Very nice and funny entry! I really like the concept and it's presentation and how the employees look at you the whole time!

I think that camera should be the responsible for player's rotation, using the WASD keys just for strafing and walking.

I think that the "switching body" mechanic is very cool but should be restricted a bit, because at this stage, by switching over and over you are pretty much invincible :D Of course it gets you to the endgame more slowly, but still!

Great job indeed, looking forward to see a PostDare version!

nickzangus 2014-12-09 12:49

@Maurogik Thanks! There had to be the exit door, but I did not have time to put it!

allurious 2014-12-09 12:54

The gameplay is really fun and the graphics are great. Aiming is a bit difficult and I think you should be punished for jumping from person to person too quickly, but I had a lot of fun playing it! Also, the stapler is OP as hell.

tokw 2014-12-09 12:55

Great game liked your take on the theme even if it doesn't fit. very good graphics.

rainshapes 2014-12-09 12:57

Very cool concept! I liked the graphics as well. Unfortunately I wasn't able to play a lot of it because WASD or arrow keys to move didn't work - the character just kept moving in a direction that related to the camera but it was difficult to see what he was doing.

biscuitwizard 2014-12-09 13:00

Wow! Excellent job with all the content! The controls felt a little slow, but I loved the concept. ONE SCREEN TO RULE THEM ALL.

tomvert 2014-12-09 13:01

I had a good laugh, it works pretty well, love the switching body mechanic ! Great job man !

sakergames 2014-12-09 13:04

This one is LOL, and really well done. Nice graphics, funny game mechanics. Congrats!

tiagojdferreira 2014-12-09 13:05

Awesome game. Just got to that wall in the end and thought "What now?" and then I remembered I had some baddies left behind, so I just went for the slaughter.

murchurl 2014-12-09 13:08

Very nice concept! I like how you've interpreted the theme! Love the Audio and graphics! gameplay is solid! Awesome job

dracomagna 2014-12-09 13:18

Awesome game, it was so fun, I love it!
And the graphics are really good.
Great job! :D

vogon101 2014-12-09 13:28

Amazing game

victorljs 2014-12-09 13:31

Nice idea. I liked the graphics.

kalaskrysset 2014-12-09 13:55

This was pretty epic. The stapler-guy was OP :D Awesome graphics. Sick twisted game. Loved it!

hundredhundred 2014-12-09 14:01

Interesting approach on the theme!, ahaha I love the character, and the 3d models the environment is soo nice really gives it an office vibe. Very polished game!

bardikus 2014-12-09 14:18

Very cool idea, but not really respecting the theme

keeperofbee 2014-12-09 14:41

Used a stapler to kill co-workers. 5/5.

tommyno222 2014-12-09 16:31

Awesome idea, epic animations and really neat graphics. Your interpretation of the theme doesn't seem valid for me, but anyway, great game!

shadowbrain 2014-12-09 16:37

Nice game! Feels super polished and nice, but it gets sorta repetitive, I think it's the amount of time you spend just clicking. Great work overall though! :)

murrayl 2014-12-09 17:30

A hilarious concept, and the end result looks brilliant.

I hope you develop this further!

thatsmyjam 2014-12-09 19:27

Awesome work for such a short period of time!

businessclient 2014-12-09 20:46

I love switching bodies.

trisquare 2014-12-09 22:32

This Game is Awesome. I want More from you

garethiw 2014-12-09 22:37

Nice implementation of the theme. Well done.

-C

evergreen-games-ludum-dare 2014-12-09 23:08

hahaha very good. interesting interpretation of the theme like the different weapon types and its all around great. best smacking sound. the body switching is a little OP

namide 2014-12-09 23:09

very amusing, I like this jokes

cullencoyote 2014-12-09 23:45

Probably the most polished entry I have played yet. The graphics are simple and sweet, the ambient sounds were convincing, the gameplay was a little slow-paced but wonderful and hilarious! Good jorb!

meral 2014-12-10 00:16

Thank god we have flat screens now and this can't happen anymore, right? RIGHT?

I don't have to tell you that this is probably one of the best entries. I managed to shoot staples trough a wall, but who can point on things like that in a 72 hour game?

I liked the subtle but very provocative message about recycling. :P

bitserum 2014-12-10 00:18

Well done, i liked the stapler gun haha :)
Wish the character moved faster

redpanda_ua 2014-12-10 00:25

Awesome stuff! Loved it! Would be awesome if you made post-compo version!

amydee 2014-12-10 02:01

Silly fun with just enough depth to not be 100% mindless :D Great job. I encountered a bug at the end where I couldn't complete because one of the guys lost his bounding box and became invincible/stationary. (Played on OSX Yosemite in Safari.)

https://33.media.tumblr.com/9450df612c47b69e00d1b8bf21817831/tumblr_ngcg8rzZnH1qb5qopo1_1280.png

pixelcrust 2014-12-10 12:10

lol nice concept. its a fun game overall

forge 2014-12-10 12:37

Awesome little game. A stapler never felt so powerful :)

liamlime 2014-12-10 12:39

This is just SO COOL :D

Granted, my first thought was: "Oh man, as if working in a cubicle all day wasn't bad enough, now we have to worry about outdated technology killing us?" :D

deyteris_team 2014-12-10 12:40

Heh. This game is one of the best at this LD. Nicely done! All 5!

ponk 2014-12-10 12:43

Beautiful and funnnyyyyyy ... ! :)
Great work on the animation and the polish.
Impressive entry !

plasterphantom 2014-12-10 12:46

Hahahahah this game is awesome! Great job!

oscalbal 2014-12-10 12:54

Good one :). My only criticism is that the character moves I little too slow. I think the game would benefit from being faster.

job_ 2014-12-10 12:58

Wow. Creative game! Very polished, very fun! What a humor!

fullmontis 2014-12-10 13:15

Hahaha, that is an original and interesting idea! I like the concept of the game, and gameplay is quite fun! The graphics are very polished too. I found it a little too easy though, and controls could be improved.

leaden 2014-12-10 13:33

Old good unltra violence. Cute graphics, fun idea. So sad that there no final expirience (boss, for example). Without it game feels not holistically. Also I can suggest to change A and D controls for strafe and rotate avatar with camera rotation. This is common and comfortable way for moving in games this genre.

jhrrsn 2014-12-10 13:36

Haha, nice. I wish you could back away from the hordes of office employees while blasting them with staples, but yeah you did great!

vulture-tamer 2014-12-10 14:57

haha, cooool :p
always wanted to do that xD

pcmaster 2014-12-10 15:24

AWESOME! For me 100%, you grasped it right, the presentation is cool, congratulations!

ams 2014-12-10 15:28

HAHAHAHAHA thats hilarious
nice sense of humor and its quite polished overall ^^

pd: the stapler guy is so op

mase 2014-12-10 15:42

I think I reached a dead end... ah I see you didn't have time.
Great use of the theme. Graphics are charming as well.
The body-swapping can be repeated too quickly. Maybe if it only worked on weakened enemies it would be balanced... though if the game is supposed to make me feel like an unstoppable screen of death it succeeded. Good job.

fergusontv_ld31 2014-12-10 15:47

Laughed from start to end, perfect interpretation of the theme :D

christopf 2014-12-10 15:49

You hit the mood of a buro-box-buro very good. The controls aren't so good imo, i struggled often with the rotation of the hero. If i move the mouse the camera if following from behind but if walk backward it doesn't change. i would have liked a camera thats fixed on the back of the head. Well you ran out of time but something like "You did you job well" or something after killing all would be cool. Something that's saying it's over.
Overall a funny game with a well hit mood

pjimmy 2014-12-10 16:00

excelent, 5 stars :D

wdebowicz 2014-12-10 16:19

WOW! This is my favourite entry! Keep going with it!
I love the usage of stapler! Would love to see more office weapon :D I like how you handled with small amount of time, , like square heads that still looks great etc. So nice! It would be helpfull to have possibility to run! I feel so relaxed playing it after work.

mattias-wargren 2014-12-10 16:20

best game ever

andreaswitzen 2014-12-11 00:15

This was great! Wish it had some music, a proper ending and an invert mouse option. But I totally understand that this already took a lot of work to finish in 72 hours.

ciaodavinci 2014-12-11 06:38

Clever and funny idea. The graphics and audio really sold the absurdity of it all. great job!

radstar 2014-12-11 09:03

Fun and beautiful game! I had some hard time with control though, making it hard to aime with the stapler. Anyway, original use of the theme!

warboys 2014-12-11 10:20

Fun premise and I love the switching dudes mechanic. Could take it a lot of places with more enemy types. Good stuff!

krunoslav 2014-12-11 10:40

Innovative, nice graphics, but the gameplay is a little bit repetitive and easy.
Very nice job!

rougerogue 2014-12-11 11:56

This game was pretty creative and original. It was definitely fun to play with all the different types of attacks and the jumping from human to human mechanic! Great job!

javadocmd 2014-12-11 16:24

The game is very simplistic, of course, but it's executed well. The art style was remarkably effective and there are a lot of nice touches like the office worker's expressions. Well done!

urbanlogicgames 2014-12-11 19:20

Innovative use of the theme! Fun art style and really polished overall, impressive given the time constraints.

asixjin 2014-12-12 03:29

I think you cheated a little with the theme (the "entire game") but I like that. I wish I had thought outside the screen! A very good game!

frenchie 2014-12-12 09:04

Reminds me a little of space station silicon valley for the N64. If you've never played it you should! This game was amazing. My favorite of LD so far. The first possession I literally laughed out loud and got really excited!

jupiter_hadley 2014-12-12 15:37

Really funny game! Nice graphics as well! I Included it in part 9 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/08ofw2klihI

redoxkun 2014-12-14 11:45

It's a shame that you don't have time to make the end of the game. For the rest, an excellent and very funny game. Enjoyed a lot!

maesk 2014-12-14 14:31

Great graphics and gameplay! A bit slow but funny :D Staplers look too powerful, but they are great to play. Much more effective than simply slapping. Nice work!

designernap 2014-12-14 19:57

Loved this. Great fun, nice idea, well implemented. Excellent work!

el-pepi 2014-12-14 21:22

Amazing and funny game! Maybe a bit slow sometimes, but great. The switching of bodies is exploitable, you can just stand still and change bodies and everyone will die.
Too bad you didn't have time for an end screen or something.

sk16games 2014-12-14 21:28

Great game!! Really entertaining, hope to see more updates! :)

flyingbear 2014-12-14 22:51

Fantastic! One of the funniest games I've ever played, jam or otherwise. The expressions of the office workers is golden. Perfect use of the theme too.

tritegames 2014-12-15 11:54

Haha very funny approach. I see similarities to "Hatred" ^^ I really liked the throwing-screen-head attack. With music and different goals it would make a great game. Well done :)

2014-12-15 14:58

awesome ! your aproach of the theme is funny, and this idea is super fun. the game has acceptable graphics and the gameplay is simple and i had a fun time playing it.great job

sirdorius 2014-12-15 20:00

Haha, this is so funny! Stapler = OP

theexgenesis 2014-12-15 23:28

Pretty fun xD

mventurelli 2014-12-16 11:55

Best entry so far. Really impressed that you did this all by yourself :O

flannelvindicate 2014-12-19 17:07

Psst - You are featured in today's Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZt-x7a0CQ

tuism 2014-12-19 21:07

Dude! Fantastic concept, well executed, immaculately polished, the only real problem is that it doesn't really have much game in it - as in if you just screen hop all the time you're basically invincible. No challenge... But that can be easily fixed, right? RIGHT?? *whips out staple gun*

Lucariatias 2014-12-20 14:22

Haha, great. Hilarious game, loved the parasite-esque feel of it. The soundscapes were pretty nice, but kind of repetitive. The graphical style was pretty cool. The pacing was a little slow, but I guess that's kind of how business works. Some of the AI was a little bit slow too - if someone sees someone with a monitor head over the other side of the room, they continue to stare blankly into space until you're a bit closer.
Maybe a little too easy, I cleared it first try, and there weren't any deviations in path.

chaoseed 2014-12-21 13:33

This is awesome! Hilarious gory fun. The concept is great, the graphics fit very well. In my opinion, your interpretation of the theme is completely appropriate! My one problem is that the controls somehow don't seem to work that well...I often felt like I was fighting them and trying to aim my character in the right direction. Maybe I'm too used to DOOM and such...Great job, though!

abdurrahmankh 2014-12-21 13:42

I like the crazy idea!

metalchouchen 2014-12-21 18:56

Really fun, a serial killer screen :). The gameplay is cool, I like the graphics. Sad there is not any end. Also the character is a bit slow. Congrats !

rhy3756547 2014-12-21 22:32

Hilarious entry, well done. The stapler is by far my favourite idea for a shooting weapon ever. :)

madball 2014-12-22 13:39

Great detail level! I had much fun playing it. It wasn't too easy. You can add more things, like picking up different weapons, but I have some suggestions aside from new features: 1) Make people start attack you when you shoot them from a large distance. 2) Make the player keep the health of previous owner of a body (If you damage someone and posses him, you should have less health) 3) Make jumping target a person in the direction you're facing.

superdisk 2014-12-23 01:12

Nice concept, but it did get borign after a bit. Neat game!

npexception 2014-12-23 12:08

Really great concept! I hope that this evolves into a full game some day :D

taviandir 2014-12-23 16:25

Hahahahaha this game is hilarious :D
I feel like I HAVE TO link this music video if you don't already know about it, "Slagsmålsklubben - Snälla TV PLZ": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3C_DoHe2qw Having that music video on while playing makes the game even better :'D

mrshoestore 2014-12-25 13:13

love it. very impressive creating all from scratch

2014-12-26 16:42

I made a gameplay video of this game so now I have to spammity spam it everywhere!
http://youtu.be/Kj1qoQ_0Jno

gameproducer 2014-12-28 20:07

Great entry. Very nice swinging animation and i liked the controls. The head-jump-to-another-char is a very cool idea. Started to think that this mechanism could bring very much variety for a game. Jumping could mean you control a vehicle or an animal. Of course this would mean adding tons of content... but the idea is worth developing further.

Liked a lot.

papygaragos 2014-12-29 13:01

the controls are a bit awkward (mostly because the mouse control the camera but not the way you are facing i guess) and there is no proper ending, which I find a bit disappointing. I went back to check I hadn't missed someone, but no...

On the other end it's a pretty refreshing use of the theme and the graphics and audio are top-notch. Good job!

gamepopper 2014-12-29 20:14

Really fun idea, found killing office workers and taking over their bodies quite challenging. I wish the aiming was done with the mouse instead of the player's rotation, that would make controlling and moving much more easier to manage.

Also did reach a point where I couldn't continue, and one of the enemies just froze in place with no collision.